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Re: Space stuff
by Simon at 14:30 01/09/06 (Blogs::Dave)
Yeah, my reaction was "Oh, is that it?"

The original Orion spacecraft design from the 60s was going to be powered by pulsed nuclear explosion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29

I can't imagine what the ride would have been like in one of those...

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simon

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